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Originally Posted by firstdown
You say it was dumb to get caught in a hurricane. Whats dumb is going to were the hurrican is going to hit just because we had an island pass. My parents owned a cottage which gave them a pass which got us on the island to check the property. There was a line of cars 8 to 10 miles long leaving and one car full of to dumb a$$ guys heading in for the storm. I did stage a little show fo CNN like we where buying supplies and they took the bait and followed us around the store. It was cool because it came on and the guy was saying heres two guys getting ready for the storm and they show use getting tape, water etc... Then he said "and now they are getting the essentials" as we where taking two cases of beer out of the cooler. The hurrican braised the island and we only saw winds up to 60 mph. I will never do that again as that cottage on stilts was rocking pretty good with the 60 mph wind that did hit.
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Well, I was in a concrete apartment, and had to put the mattress up on the sliding doors cause the winds went up to 125MPH and they were bowing, also it blew in the bedroom window. We were lucky...Punta Gorda got the eye, we didn't. It was quite an experience. If I remember correctly, It was the worst hurricane to ever hit Southwest Florida, and at the time it was the 2nd worst hurricane on record. I think it's now the 3rd. Not sure though.
The worst part of it was the fact that we lost power for a while. Like about a week. It was MISERABLE. 95+ degree heat, and 90+ humidity with no AC sucks.